Week one of being back on the road

We left Fort Myers, FL on Sunday, June 19th.  Our original plan was to stop in St. Augustine, FL and spend the night at Cracker Barrel and then drive the last 3 hours to our campground in Hardeeville, SC on Monday. The night before we left, we were talking with Mark and Julie and learned they were staying at a campground about an hour south of Hardeeville that had availability. So, since it had been five whole days since we saw them last, we changed our plans and headed to Lake Harmony RV Park. It was about a 7- hour drive and when we arrived, they had dinner ready. We could get used to that😀 After dinner we visited and played Zilch. The next morning, we made the short hour drive up the road to Hardeeville, SC. 

Lake Harmony RV Park

View from our first campsite

Is it even a trip, if you don't stop at Buc-ee's?

On Tuesday, we drove to Beaufort for dinner at Dockside. There wasn't a lot of gluten-friendly choices, but Brett had a low country boil and I had steamed shrimp, and both were very good. We had heard all kinds of things about Beaufort, so we drove around a bit after dinner to see the town and I kept thinking we missed something, but I think it's just very small and I was expecting something different. 

Sunset on way home from Beaufort

On Thursday, we headed to Skull Creek Dockside in Hilton Head for dinner. This time I did my homework ahead of time and knew they had some great gluten-free options. It was an hour and a half wait, so we had a drink at the bar and had crispy fried shrimp and calamari in a Korean chili aioli. That was a 10/10! After that we really didn't need dinner, but heck, we had already waited that long, we figured we could always take leftovers home. Brett had baked grouper and I had shrimp and grits—can you tell we've been living in a land-locked state? After dinner, we drove to the beach just to hang out for bit and put our feet in the Atlantic and then walked around the cute shops.

View from Dockside restaurant

Hilton Head Beach

We're only a few miles from a Lattitude Margaritaville 55+ community and anything Margaritaville or Jimmy Buffet is right up Brett's alley, so on Saturday morning, we went and checked out the models and had lunch in their town center. The homes were nice, and it seems like a fun place to live. That is, if you're interested in a house that's not on wheels😄 Afterwards, we drove into Savannah. Parking isn't exactly friendly for a crew cab dually, but after spending what was probably $20 in fuel driving around, we found parking! We've been to Savannah before, but it was super hot and humid when we there last so missed a lot of what we wanted to see. This time the weather was great for walking around. We did take a comedy trolley tour—fun and good way to sightsee. (If you're wanting a real history tour, do the regular trolley.)  For dinner, we had heard of the Treylor Park restaurant and with an eclectic menu and a motto of "Home is where you park it", it felt like we had to try. We started with the PB&J chicken wings—wings tossed in a peanut/pecan butter with a peach jelly dipping sauce. Brett wasn't too thrilled, but I thought they were good. Not as good as regular wings, but different and not in a bad way. For dinner, we had blackened fish tacos and they were HOT! Too hot. Like the heat we felt on our first visit kind of hot.

Sightseeing in Savannah (he's cute😊)

PB&J chicken wings

Today is Sunday and we just relaxed at the pool, and I finished my book—The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah if you're looking for a good book recommendation. At the pool this week, we've visited a number of folks who live in this park year-round. We've heard a lot about people living full time in RVs, but being stationary, so it was interesting to talk to some. Some had jobs in the area for a specified time like a year or two and others have just found it to be a great way to save some money. This is well-maintained RV park that is < 30 minutes from both Savannah and Hilton Head and rent for long term is under $1000 a month and that includes all utilities. That's far less than renting even a studio apartment in the area (where you would still have to pay utilities) and here if you have kids, they are spending a lot of time outdoors as compared to living in a condo. Sounds like a win-win.